Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they could." McCain rocked in his shoes; he folded and then unfolded his arms; he fidgeted with the papers on his lectern. But the man once crowned Senator Hothead did not blow. As he remembers, "I had to say to myself, 'Look, John, you're not going to gain anything by displaying anger here...
When you get home, give your cranky baby a snack and a drink and get one for yourself. Sit on the floor with him and swap gurgles about the office and the playpen. Full-time mothers face a different challenge: to help their babies gain, perhaps through a play group, the social and developmental skills they might otherwise pick up in day care. Chances are, the researchers will be after them next, giving a different set of moms a headline to feel bad about...
What the Crimson loses in Beam's pure shooting ability at the two--he was a 43.3 percent three-point shooter and averaged 11.8 ppg--it may gain in mobility with the ball. Beam was often a stand-and-catch shooter who needed a ball screen to generate his shot...
CityStep offers Cambridge elementary school students the opportunity to learn team cooperation and build self-confidence as well as to see the benefits of an arts education and gain performance skills in a non-competitive environment. The curriculum begins by building trust and cooperation between students and teachers, moves on to develop dance skills and finally aims to create an original student-choreographed dance which is performed at the annual CityStep show...
...Shleifer and another HIID consultant, Jonathan Hay, were accused of using their positions for personal gain and investing in Russian securities while advising the Russian government...